Bee-seiged! The terrifying moment a buzzing swarm of 3,000 bees descended on florists as workers cowered inside4 G6 ^9 K+ J) }& z
- Shop worker says 'sky was turned black' by the invasion of bees
- Store was shut for two hours while a beekeeper was called to tackle swarm
By Rob Cooper
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; g& Q9 Y6 f; N! ?5.39.217.76This is the dramatic moment a swarm of 3,000 bees descended on a florists as workers hid inside.
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The shop was forced to close for more than two hours in Hereford city centre while a beekeeper was called.
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" ]' t. p: i" D' Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbInvasion: A swarm of 3,000 bees descends on the florists in Hereford while the workers lock themselves inside5.39.217.76* x# R7 o- w9 r n9 r. L
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c1 [+ I+ A+ m, y公仔箱論壇Swarming: Bees gather on a flower pot as beekeepers are called to tackle the problem
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A shop worker at Sarah Jane’s Joy of Flowers said today: 'It was pretty scary, one minute the sky was blue and it was sunny outside, the next the front of the shop was covered in a black swarming cloud of bees.公仔箱論壇 r i( z7 j$ v8 y" m+ S4 c
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'They must have been attracted by the pollen in the flowers we had in a few pots outside.
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'Other shoppers had to run across the street to avoid them, luckily I don’t think anyone was stung and a beekeeper arrived after a couple of hours and removed the swarm in a box.' 公仔箱論壇, Q3 Z* m& b4 F: c. O
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$ R% I1 a: [8 Z, g5 W' W: ?Terrifying: Staff had to retreat inside the shop as the bees settled on their wares
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Collection: A beekeeper collects the swarm which forced the shop in Hereford to close last Sunday公仔箱論壇( h( t) r% M7 C* Y1 }
- X* ?0 {) A$ [# d* K. `0 e6 HShopper Jane Thomas, 31, was walking along with her young daughter when she spotted the bees.
7 M# }- A# C7 @8 @9 h- M0 ^She said: 'I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it, I got us straight over the other side of the street when I realised what was in front of us.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 M+ k/ s% |1 N) o+ h; m
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'I suppose it makes sense that they’d head for a florist but you don’t expect to see a big swarm of them in the middle of a high street.'公仔箱論壇0 n8 g5 }/ ]8 ~
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The bees swarmed into the town centre after being released from a hive at a nearby museum.
) P+ Z+ K0 E2 O7 W" RAmateur beekeeper Hazel Highfield collected the bees and handed them over to the Herefordshire Beekeeper’s Association.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 W$ T4 v: Q, @7 ~
9 w3 w- E, {( W, L- J5.39.217.76She said: 'They would only have been interested in finding a new home, when they are like that the bees are very placid.
) ~, q# W$ c9 P! _公仔箱論壇'They feed up on honey before they leave the hive.'
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3 g0 I6 q9 I2 X2 Z/ D. h' STVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Workers at Thorntons chocolate shop in nearby Leominster were forced to cower inside for two-and-a-half hours after 2,000 bees built a nest in the doorway last July.
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Bees and wasps 'kill more people in Britain than Al-Qaeda do'
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Terrorism kills fewer people in the UK than bees and wasps, according to a report by the government’s terrorism watchdog.
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An annual report by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation acknowledged the threat from Al Qaeda and its affiliates as a genuine one, but it said the menace of terror had lessened in recent years and should not be’ overstated’ .8 H0 ^0 l, f |3 m0 j' z1 z, I
. ]/ b$ L D) ?' x" O5.39.217.76David Anderson QC said that there had not been a single injury in the UK by a terrorist since the stabbing of a Labour MP two years ago. # n' r2 r! S- Z3 M
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Neither had there been any bombings linked to Islamic extremists in Europe last year.
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Arrests connected to alleged terror plots were at a record low since the 9/11 attacks, with 121 out of a total of 1.4 million arrests in the most recent year.
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In a section of the report that considers if the risk for terrorism is overstated Mr Anderson writes: ‘During the 21st century, terrorism has been an insignificant cause of mortality in the United Kingdom.
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L, R" @% n4 K+ A$ l# Y' V- ?‘The annualised averge of five deaths caused by terrorism in England and wales over this peiod compares with total accidental deaths in 2010 of 17,201.
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‘This included 123 cyclist killed in traffic accidents, 102 personnnel killed in Afghmistan, 29 people drowned in the bath tub and five people killed by hornets wasps and bees.’
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